Pillow Project Double Wedding Ring

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Double Wedding Ring
Pillow Project
This project is designed to
quickly introduce quilters to
Quiltsmart’s pieced-by-appliqué
approach. Perhaps you’d like to
try the method out on a small
project before you take on a
larger bed-sized quilt.
This project combines traditional
pieced arcs and simpler singlepiece arcs.
Approximate finished size 23” x 23”
For quilting instructors and shops, this project makes an ideal four-hour class. The majority of students can
complete the top in that amount of time.
Materials:
Description
Quiltsmart Double Wedding Ring
printed interfacing
Background fabric
Quantity
1 Panel
Cutting
See step 1
e yd
Arc A fabric
Arc B fabrics (variety)
¼ yd
Scraps - enough for
(24) 3-½” squares
c yd
c yd
¾ yd
¼ yd
26” x 26”
1 yd
(1) 12” x 12” square
(4) 6” x 12” rectangles
(4) 6” x 6” squares
(1) 8” x 20” rectangle
See step 4
Jewel A fabric
Jewel B fabric
Backing fabric
Binding fabric
Batting
Pillow Back
(4) 2-½” squares
(8) 2-½” squares
26” x 26” square
(2) 2-½ ” x 44” strips
26” x 26” square
See step 14
In addition to standard cutting and sewing supplies, invisible thread and two small 4” squares of template
plastic are recommended. 100% cotton fabrics and Warm & Natural™ needled cotton batting are
recommended.
The instructions that follow are intentionally less detailed than those presented
in the book Double Wedding Ring by Mary Henderson and Anne Dease. The
book includes yardage and cutting information for eight more quilt sizes from
tablerunner to king size.
Getting Ready
1. Cut materials as indicated in the cutting
chart.
Cut the Quiltsmart printed interfacing sheet
as shown.
Used for
A arcs
Used for B
arcs (step 6)
Save for your
next project
Preparing Single Fabric Arcs
2. Place the top portion of the Quiltsmart’s
Double Wedding Ring printed interfacing
sheet on the 8” x 20” piece of Arc A fabric both right sides up.
(Fusible side of
interfacing must be face down against the
right side of the fabric.)
Sew on the solid lines using a short stitch,
about 15-20 stitches per inch. Do not stitch
across the ends of the arcs.
3. Cut the S-shaped pieces as shown.
Turn the piece right side out with a safety pin
or other turning tool.
Cut each S-shaped piece in half along the
dashed line to form a total of four arcs.
Finger press the seams flat (a pointer-creaser
will help). Set these arcs aside until step 8.
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Preparing The Pieced Arcs
4. Trace this pattern for arc pieces onto paper,
template plastic, or use Quiltsmart’s Plexiglas
template.
5. Cut 24 Arc B pieces from a variety of scraps.
Hint: Cut scraps into 3” strips first.
(Cut 24)
6. Arrange the (24) pieces into four arcs of 6
pieces like the one shown here. Sew the pieces
side-by-side using a ¼” seam allowance. Press
seams toward one side.
(Make 4)
7. Select the (4) arcs of Quiltsmart printed
interfacing that were cut in step 1. Place an arc
of interfacing on each raw pieced arc - both
right sides up.
Stitch on the solid lines as in step 2.
Trim excess fabric and interfacing by cutting
on the dashed line (c” from the stitching).
Turn the arc right side out and finger press
seams flat.
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Putting Arcs On Background
Squares
8. Trace the block marking guide onto paper or
template plastic.
9. Use the guide to draw a line in the corners of
the background fabric as illustrated.
Hint: The lines will be buried in seam
allowances.
Use a pencil, permanent
marker, or wash-out marker, not one that
will bleed.
Mark 4 corners
Mark 2
corners
(Make 4)
10. Arrange four arcs (you may choose either A
or B) on the 12” square. Arcs may overlap
slightly, they should not touch the edges of
the block, and the arcs should end on the
marked line or even a bit toward the corner.
Using a steam iron set to ‘cottons’, press to
fuse the arcs in place.
Hint: Heat to a count of 6, let the piece cool
momentarily before moving.
Repeat, placing the remaining arcs on the
four half blocks.
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Place ends of arcs
on or over marked lines.
Arcs shouldn’t touch
edge of block.
11. Stitch the arcs to the background pieces by
sewing a narrow zig-zag stitch along the edges
of each arc. Invisible (nylon monofilament)
top thread is recommended. Your stitch should
look about so:
Hint: Keep most of the stitch on the arc.
Adding Jewels
12. Add the corner triangles by placing the twelve
2-½” square of Jewel A and B fabrics - right
sides together - at each corner shown here.
Hint: Stitching will be straighter if you first
mark the diagonal of each square by drawing a
line or pressing a crease.
(Make 4)
Jewel A
squares
on large
block
Jewel B
squares
on the half
blocks
(Make 4)
Stitch corner-to-corner on the diagonal across
each of the 2-½” squares.
13. Cut ¼” from the stitching. Flip the triangles
and press flat with an iron.
Assembling And Finishing
14. Lay out the pieces as shown.
Sew together in rows being careful to match
the points of the crossing triangles. Use a ¼”
seam allowance.
15. Layer the top, batting, and backing. Quilt.
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16. Measure your quilted block. It should be
roughly 22-½” square but will vary
depending on seam allowances and shrinkage
due to quilting. Cut and piece the yard of
pillow backing into two pieces measuring
28” x _____ (the size of your quilted block.)
For example, if your block measures 22-¼ ”
square, cut two 28” x 22-¼ ” pieces.
17. Fold the two pieces of pillow backing in half
so they measure 14” from fold to raw edges.
Place these on the back of the quilted block
matching raw edges and overlapping the two
folds. Pin.
18. Baste around the block, ¼” from the raw
edges.
Note: The overlapping folds form the
opening for inserting the pillow form.
Do not stitch the opening shut.
19. Bind.
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Quiltsmart’s specialty is printed fusible
interfacing. Precisely printed sewing and cutting
lines eliminate the need for time consuming
tracing. We print our patterns onto high quality
interfacing right here on the farm in Minnesota.
Interfacing Patterns:
Anne’s Butterfly
Ohio Rose
Sweet Hearts
Great Scott! (dog)
Sunbonnet Sue / Sam (by Quilt in a Day)
Double Wedding Ring
Eight Point Star
Mary’s Flower Garden
Drunkard’s Path
Quarter Circles
Rob Pete
Watercolor grids: 1-½”, 2”, 2” On Point, 2-½”
Instruction Books:
Double Wedding Ring Mary Henderson & Anne Dease
Drunkard’s Path Mary Henderson
Eight Point Star Judy Clay
Mary’s Flower Garden Mary Henderson
Medley Opus I Bette Runnels
Rob Pete Kathleen Mullendore
Snowball Arlene Koble
Sunbonnet Sue Visits Quilt in a Day Eleanor Burns
Watercolor: An Easy Approach Bonny Tinling
Instruction books and booklets illustrate the
Quiltsmart methods and the use of the
interfacing products. We have abolished curved
piecing and inset piecing, two otherwise difficult
quilting skills. And, we’ve made child’s play of
watercolor construction. The finished quilts are
virtually indistinguishable from the classics, but
the techniques used to make them are radically
different. Our patterns are designed for all
quilters, from novice to expert.
If your local quilt shop does not carry our
products, please write or call for a brochure and
current price list of our interfacing patterns and
instruction books:
Quiltsmart Printed Interfacing
P.O. Box 1008
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Visit us at quiltsmart.com
Write us at email@quiltsmart.com
952-445-5737
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